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Use a complete list again
A list covering everyone can identify a person later.
Clue type: Multi-elimination clue
GUIDED WALKTHROUGHStep 1 of 3
Use a complete list again
Each person has a different drink and snack. These small examples show one idea at a time; some squares will stay empty.
| Drinks | Snacks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea | Coffee | Juice | Cocoa | Apple | Crackers | Brownie | Pear | ||
| People | Ada | ||||||||
| Ben | |||||||||
| Cy | |||||||||
| Dee | |||||||||
| Snacks | Apple | ||||||||
| Crackers | |||||||||
| Brownie | |||||||||
| Pear | |||||||||
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The clues
- The four people are Ada, the person with coffee, the person with a brownie, and the person with a pear.
- Dee did not bring coffee or a brownie.
STEP 1
Record the initial crosses
Clue type: Multi-elimination clue
Also called: Unique list clue.
Each description is a different person. Ada cannot have coffee, the brownie, or the pear. Coffee cannot go with either of those snacks. Brownie and pear are already different snacks.